During this process, the main nozzle of the spacecraft is facing the direction of Jupiter to ensure the stability of the spacecraft.

After the orbit approaches Europa, the spacecraft will conduct detection work on both sides of Europa. Once it launches an ordinary detector, the detector will fly around Europa and send back a lot of data.

The purpose of the first detection is to confirm that Europa's surface is accessible for landing, and then the second detection will be carried out.

What was launched this time was a small spacecraft, the "Bird" unmanned spacecraft ordered from the space agency. "Bird" did not use lateral anti-gravity technology. The hull was only composed of superconducting batteries and Hall thrusters. It was equipped with

We have some high-end detection equipment.

The 'Bird' unmanned spacecraft does not have an anti-gravity function and is used for planet landing detection and is a one-time use.

Compared with ordinary detectors, the 'Bird' unmanned spacecraft has a much higher carrying capacity and can be installed with a lot of precision detection equipment and even a remotely controlled landing vehicle. The landing vehicle will then send back the temperature and air density.

, wind force, ground hardness and many other data.

The main mission of the 'Bird' unmanned spacecraft is to find a suitable landing site for the manned Thousand Falcon spacecraft.

Europa is different from the moon in that not all of its surface is hard. In other words, not every location can be landed.

In addition, there are many "underwater" vents on the surface of Europa, which are similar in shape to volcanoes on the earth. The water ejected from the underground is very large, and will also form water or ice on the surface in a short period of time. A similar environment is not suitable for the landed Thousand Falcon.

It is fatal to the spacecraft.

Spacecraft control center.

Wang Hao and Zhu Qiqiang sat together, constantly checking the messages sent by the spacecraft---

"The orbit of the spacecraft is close to Europa, and the data sent back by the detector shows that Europa can land..."

"The orbit of the spacecraft is stable, release the Bird-07 detection spacecraft..."

"Qinniao-07 has found a suitable landing site, has released the landing vehicle, and is under control..."

"Everything is normal. Do you want to land the Thousand Falcon spacecraft? Wait for instructions..."

Looking at the messages sent one by one, Wang Hao asked Zhu Qiqiang, "When did you receive the last one?"

Zhu Qiqiang said, "Half an hour ago, the spacecraft was still circling Jupiter normally, and now it is continuing to collect information about Europa."

Wang Haodao said, "Just let them decide. If everything goes well, just log in as planned. Tell them that they must not take risks. Safety is the most important thing."

Zhu Qiqiang nodded and shouted into the microphone, "Send a message and say that the command center agrees and let them make their own judgment and deal with it."

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Spaceship.

The control cabin has been waiting for news from the ground command, and everyone is looking forward to receiving the "command center consent" message.

They also immediately started working in an orderly manner.

Some are responsible for preparing the Thousand Falcon spacecraft and landing personnel, some continue to process the information sent by the landing vehicle, and some are responsible for checking whether the shooting equipment is functioning normally.

During the landing on Europa, photography will be carried out throughout the process and the images will be sent back to the ground control center.

If the landing work goes well and the Thousand Falcon spacecraft successfully returns to the spacecraft, the ground control center will send part of the video footage to the TV station for 'live broadcast'.

It is said to be a live broadcast, but in fact it is just playing videos.

Of course, to a certain extent, it can actually be regarded as a live broadcast. After all, the delay is not too long. The delay in signal transmission speed from Jupiter to the Earth is too high, so a delay of several hours is 'understandable'.

This chapter is not over yet, please click the next page to continue reading! The person who performed the mission of landing on Europa was Thousand Falcon-02, the pilot of Thousand Falcon-02 was Wang Hui, and the person who performed the sampling task was Du Junsheng. In other words, the landing

The Europa team is just two people.

The reason there are only two people is because the Thousand Falcon spacecraft has a limited number of people, and the limited space in the cockpit must carry more supplies for the operation of the life support system.

Even if a part of the space is reserved for carrying resources, the time the spacecraft can perform the landing mission will not exceed fourteen hours. What limits the operating time is not the electric energy, but the life support system.

The Thousand Falcon spacecraft cabin does not have a complete oxygen supply system. It uses high-pressure oxygen bottles, including the life support system in the spacesuit, which also uses high-pressure oxygen.

At the same time, the spacecraft cockpit also needs to continuously maintain stable pressure, temperature and air environment, which requires continuous consumption of resources.

This limits the time for manned landing.

14 hours is quite tight in terms of time. It will take more than two hours for the Thousand Falcon spacecraft to break away from the spacecraft, fly close to Europa and stabilize and synchronously orbit Europa.

Because of the limited performance of the Hall thruster, it will take at least four hours for the spacecraft to take off from Europa and return to the spacecraft.

Then the time left for landing on Europa, collecting samples and other work will not exceed seven hours at most.

Seven hours sounds like a long time, but after landing on Europa, the surrounding environment is not the peaceful environment of the Earth. It will take a long time just for the spacecraft to land stably.

Various subsequent tests are needed before the astronauts can slowly step off the spacecraft and then collect samples.

It takes a long time to transport some equipment from the spacecraft to normal operation.

Although the task ahead is arduous, everyone is still looking forward to the landing work, because they are about to realize the first human landing on a planet outside the Earth-Moon system.

This will definitely become a landmark event recorded in history!
Chapter completed!